As we work with clients who are transitioning from the summer of their youth to the autumn passage of middle adulthood, we can remind them of their strengths and the gifts they have cultivated throughout their lives.
Month: November 2019
Vaping has received a significant amount of negative publicity over the past several months, but counselors say that alone won’t motivate most users to stop.
Counselors share the lessons they’ve learned along the way in their efforts to translate the ideal of multicultural competence into practical action.
“What I am suggesting is that, at a minimum, we take the time to think about the potential ramifications of [client] diagnoses 10 or 20 years into the future. We can’t know every possible outcome, of course, but some things are predictable.”
“Human rights issues can potentially affect anyone. Therefore, human rights have a seat at the counseling table.”
As a licensed professional counselor, you have knowledge, awareness and skills that would be tremendously useful in times of strife. It is just a matter of getting that content “out there” in the public.
By using the journalism technique of three-word narratives, counselors can “elicit story” from their clients and help them pursue alternative life narratives.
One-third of American children have gone through a negative experience that can have lasting implications for their physical and mental health, according to the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
The Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies provide a framework to best support survivors of sexual violence not simply on the intrapersonal level but on all socio-ecological levels.